Israel said Thursday that Hamas "will be disarmed" as part of the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza, after a top...
Washington has presented a 28-point draft to end the conflict, later amended after criticism from Kyiv and Europe, which viewed...
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said ahead of Sunday's meeting that "the negotiations are progressing and, naturally, the further we...The negotiations mark the highest-level contact between the two foes since Washington withdrew from a landmark nuclear deal in 2018, during President Donald Trump's first term
Both sides have reported progress after previous talks, but there have been some delays and disagreements over Iran's right to enrich uranium, which Tehran says is "non-negotiable"
Pakistan and India agreed Saturday to a full and immediate ceasefire after days of deadly jet fighter, missile, drone and...Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri said both sides would "stop all firing and military action on land, air and sea."
The ceasefire comes after four days of attacks and counter-attacks by both sides that killed at least 60 people
- Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa on Sunday welcomed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Bahraini state media...
The official Bahrain News Agency said the king hosted Sharaa at his palace, where they "discussed relations and opportunities to strengthen cooperation" in various fields.
Bahrain was one of the first countries to express willingness to cooperate with the new authorities in Damascus after Assad's fall.
- Hamas's armed wing released a video on Saturday showing two Israeli hostages alive in the Gaza Strip, with one of...
Israeli media identified the pair in the undated video as Elkana Bohbot and Yosef Haim Ohana, who were kidnapped during Hamas's October 7, 2023
Since the ceasefire collapsed, Hamas has released several videos of hostages, including of the two appearing in Saturday's video.
Washington, United States - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged India and Pakistan to restore direct communication to "avoid...Rubio placed telephone calls to the rivals' top diplomats and, for the first known time since the conflict erupted, also spoke with Pakistan's army chief
The stepped-up diplomacy came as the conflict intensified between the nuclear-armed neighbors, with Pakistan launching counterattacks after India struck three of its air bases
- Israel would not be involved in food distribution under a US-led plan for the Gaza Strip but would provide "necessary military...
Despite imposing a now two-month-long blockade of aid on Gaza, Israel has asserted there is no humanitarian crisis in the territory.
The US-led initiative has been met with international criticism as it appears to sideline the United Nations and existing aid organisations
Pakistan charged India Friday with bringing the nuclear-armed neighbours "closer to a major conflict", as the death toll from three...Most of the more than 50 deaths were in Pakistan during Wednesday's air strikes by India and included children
Pakistani military sources said that its forces had shot down 77 Indian drones in the last two days
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Saturday, his ministry said, days before US President...
Araghchi is due to hold talks with senior Saudi officials in Riyadh before heading to Doha for a conference on Arab-Iranian dialogue
The Iranian top diplomat later said meetings in Saudi Arabia would cover the latest on the nuclear talks with the United States
- The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) held a "successful" meeting this week with a view to disarming and disbanding, a...
On February 27, Ocalan urged his fighters to disarm and disband, ending a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned there will be harsh consequences "if the promises are not kept"
- Israel has imposed a blockade for two months on Gaza, leading UN agencies and other humanitarian groups to warn of...
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said the foundation was non-governmental and would make an announcement "shortly," without offering further details
"We welcome moves to quickly get urgent food aid into Gaza... in a way that the food aid actually gets to those to whom it's intended," Bruce told reporters
